6 Fungal/Protozoal Diseases Flashcards
This wipes off on your gloved finger. What is your best diagnosis?
Pseudomembranous candidiasis
What can cause this cottage cheese-like plaque?
inhalers, antibiotics, or impaired immune system
What is this erythematous, symmetrical zone of the tongue?
Median rhomboid glossitis (type of erythematous candidiasis)
What is median rhomboid glossitis also known as?
Central papillary atrophy
This developed while having median rhomboid glossitis and angular cheilitis. What is this type of chronic candidiasis called?
chronic multifocal candidiasis
What would you call erythema at the junction of the hard/soft palate?
Kissing lesion! (can be caused by MRG)
What is this?
Angular cheilitis (type of erythematous candidiasis)
When angular cheilitis involves the perioral skin, what is it called?
Cheilocandidiasis
What is this? (and the name it’s also known as)
Denture stomatitis (aka Chronic atrophic candidiasis)
Pt reports their mouth feels like it’s been burned and it almost looks like xerostomia. Pt also says they recently were on a broad spectrum course of antibiotics.
Acute atrophic candidiasis
Your gloved finger can’t wipe this plaque off of the anterior buccal mucosa.
Candidal leukoplakia
When you get the Pt from the waiting room you notice this on your patient. They also present with candida-like manifestations in the mouth. What is this?
Mucocutaneous candidiasis
This Pt also presents with fungal infection of the nails and face. What three things could this young patient develop?
- Endocrine-candidiasis syndrome
- Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy syndrome
- Iron-deficiency anemia
What three things could you prescribe to treat candidiasis?
Clotrimazole, Amphotericin B, or Nystatin
What is the most common systemic fungal infection in the US?
Histoplasmosis
This Pt also has an ulceration on the lateral border of the tongue. What could this systemic fungal infection be?
Histoplasmosis
